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Can you name some of the latest NATO member that were defended by NATO?
by nspattak 6y ago
Can you name some of the latest NATO member that were defended by NATO?
- goatinaboat 6y agoCan you name some of the latest NATO member that were defended by NATO? NATO has the "enhanced forward presence" (tanks) in Estonia and "Baltic air policing" (fighter jets) covering all 3.
- rmind 6y agoWest Germany during the Cold War? At least technically, USA (following 911)?
- sudosysgen 6y agoSo, not a defence. There was no confrontation in East Germany. NATO in practice is an offensive alliance as much as a defensive one.
- goatinaboat 6y agoThere was no confrontation in East Germany. The scenario BAOR was prepared for was the Third Shock Army surging through the Fulda Gap, and likewise the Third was prepared to do that.
- sudosysgen 6y agoThe question was, did NATO ever defend anyone, not "did NATO prepare to defend anyone".
- goatinaboat 6y agoAre you counting defence only as actively fighting in response to an attack? Because deterrence is defence is its passive form of which NATO has done plenty